WHITE ROCK BOAT CLUB WHITE ROCK LAKE ● DALLAS, TEXAS

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE

CENTENNIAL REGATTA The Centennial Regatta will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 on White Rock Lake. This regatta is part of the 100 days of events celebrating White Rock Lake’s 100 years, and all of the proceeds from these events go directly to improvements at the lake. The regatta’s Organizing Authority is the White Rock Boat Club, located at the Northeast end of White Rock Lake at 340 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas 75218.

1. Regatta Plan The Centennial Regatta is a one-day regatta with three races scheduled. The regatta is open to all registered centerboard boats having a Portsmouth Handicap Rating and to Corinthian class sailboats. Five or more boats of the same Class will constitute a fleet and race against each other as a One Design Class. Classes with fewer than five boats will be grouped together to form a Portsmouth Class.

2. Rules The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS, 2009- 2012) and by Sailing Instructions provided upon registration.

3. Registration Registration will run from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in the White Rock Boat Club clubhouse on May 21, 2011. You can also register online at http://www.whiterockboatclub.com. If you do register online, you must check in at the registration table on the day of the.

Online registration will end at 9:00 AM on Friday May 20, 2011.

4. Entry Fees Registration fees are $35 per boat for boats with a skipper and a crew. The registration fee for a single handed boat is $20. The entry fee includes one lunch for single-handed boats, and lunch for one skipper and one crew on double-handed boats. Extra lunch tickets can be purchased for $10 per ticket. Proceeds will go directly to White Rock Lake improvement projects.

5. Schedule Registration will run from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in the White Rock Boat Club clubhouse. Coffee and donuts will be provided.

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race. Refreshments and Awards will be after the races.

6. Signals Made Signals made ashore will be displayed at the clubhouse dock. If a Ashore postponement is signaled ashore (pennant code flag “AP”, red and white striped), the warning signal will be made not less than 30 minutes after “AP” is lowered.

7. Notice To Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located Competitors at the White Rock Boat Club (WRBC) clubhouse.

8. Changes in Any change in the Sailing Instructions will be posted on the notice board Sailing 30 minutes or more before the warning signal for the first race. Instructions

9. Courses Courses will be displayed on the committee boat course board below the start and fleet code by listing course designators followed by course modifiers, if applicable. Course designators are: G (Gold Cup) – triangle, windward, leeward O (Olympic) – triangle, windward, leeward, windward T (Triangle) – triangle W (Windward/Leeward) – windward, leeward Numeric course modifiers (2, 3, 1/2, 1/3, etc.) designate the number of times the course is to be rounded. Turning marks shall be on the same side as the starting buoy. The course for each start will be displayed no later than the first start’s warning signal. An offset mark will be used with the W-course and will be set approximately 100 feet to the side of the windward mark. Windward Leeward courses will have a Leeward gate placed to weather of the starting line. Competitors must enter the leeward gate and round from inside to out. If there is a shorten course at the gate, finish by sailing through the gate (RRS )

10. Marks Marks of the course will be yellow or orange cylindrical buoys. Marks at the start and finish will be orange spherical buoys. The offset mark will be a smaller white spherical buoy about 1 foot in diameter, or a small orange cylindrical buoy. New marks, as provided by rule 33, will be black-banded buoys. In a subsequent change, the new mark will be replaced by the original Mark. 11. The Start The official starting order will be posted before the skippers’ meeting. Races will be started using rule 26. Numeral pennants will be used as fleet flags. The starting signal for one class will be coincident with the warning signal for the next class (rolling starts).

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The starting line will be between an orange flag on the committee boat and a nearby orange spherical buoy. The starting line is independent of the course and set to leeward of the race course. Example of starting order (IMPORTANT! The official starting order will be posted at the skippers’ meeting). First Start - Numeral Pennant 1: , , Laser Radial, Sunfish Second Start - Numeral Pennant 2: , V15, Portsmouth Handicap fleet Third Start - Numeral Pennant 3: , Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall remain clear of the starting area.

12. Individual Individual Recalls will be signaled in accordance with rule 29.1. In Recalls addition, the committee will attempt to hail the number of the offending boat(s). Failure of the over-early boat(s) to hear such notification, or the committee’s failure to hail, will not be grounds for redress.

13. General Recall General recalls will be in accordance with rule 29.2. In addition if a subsequent start’s Class Flag has been displayed, it will be removed and that starting sequence voided. The warning signal for a new start for the recalled class will be made one minute after the first substitute pennant is removed (1 sound), and the starts for any succeeding classes will follow the recalled class’ new start.

14. Changes To A change of course after the start will be signaled before the leading boat TheCourse has begun the leg, although the new mark may not then be in position. After The Start When in a subsequent change of course a new mark is replaced it will be replaced with an original mark. The race committee may shorten the course in order to provide time to complete additional races. This changes rule 32.

15. The Finish The finish line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat and an adjacent orange spherical buoy. Finish line is independent of the race course.

16. Time Limits The time limit will be 1.5 hours for the first boat to finish in each division. Boats failing to finish within 30 minutes of the first boat to finish in her race will be scored last place plus 3 points, but not more than DNF. This changes RRS 35 and A 4.1. 17. Protests and Protests shall be delivered to the committee within 30 minutes after the Requests for race committee boat docks, using forms available from the committee. Redress Hearings will be held as soon as possible after racing concludes. Before any protest is heard, a Pre-hearing with one Judge, the Protester and Protestee will be conducted. If these three can unanimously agree on a Page 3 of 6 Centennial Regatta Sailing Instructions

resolution of the protest within 15 minutes, no protest hearing will be held. If the pre-hearing participants agree that the protested or protesting boat infringed a rule, that boat may take the scoring penalty set forth below by completing a Penalty Acceptance Report and submitting it to the protest committee. If the protest is not resolved during the prehearing, a full protest hearing will be conducted according to Racing Rules Part 5. The person who served as mediator may not serve on the protest committee. This modifies RRS Rules 63.1 and 63.2. Any boat accepting a penalty in a pre-hearing will receive a penalty score equal to the score for the place worst than her actual finishing place by the whole number (rounding .5 upward) nearest to 40% of the number of boats racing in the race in which the infringement occurred, except that it shall not be scored worse than DNF. The scores of the other boats in the race shall not be changed; therefore two boats may receive the same score.

18. Scoring The most recent and available Table of American Portsmouth Numbers will be used to calculate each boat’s corrected time. The Low Point Scoring System, Appendix A of the racing rules, shall be used. All races shall be counted (no throw out). If fewer than the scheduled number of races are sailed, for any reason, then the completed races shall constitute a regatta.

19. Safety Prior to the warning signal of the first race, each boat shall sail past the Regulations race committee boat on starboard tack and hail her sail number until acknowledged by a member of the race committee. Failure to check in may result in a 20% scoring penalty, the number of places to be determined in accordance with rule 44.3c. This alters rule 63.1. A boat that retires from a race will notify the race committee as soon as possible.

20. Prizes Prizes will be given to the top finishers in each class, depending on the number of boats registered.

21. Assumption of By participating in this regatta, each boat owner, skipper, crew, and guest Risk agrees to sail and to use White Rock Boat Club’s facilities and Corinthian Sailing Club facility at his or her own risk. To the fullest extent permitted under Texas law, each boat owner, skipper, and crew unconditionally and irrevocably releases and discharges the White Rock Boat Club and Corinthian Sailing Club, their officers, volunteers, and all other persons who lend boats or equipment, or who assist in maintaining equipment or in organizing and conducting races, from all claims and legal liability for personal injury, death or property damage incurred in connection with the regatta and caused by negligence.

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Addendum A – Race Courses

Course: W 2 1/2 FINISH Course: O (Olympic) FINISH

1 3 1 4

2

2 2 4 4 3 5 5

START START

Start-Windward – Leeward –Windward-Leeward – Finish Start-Windward – Jibe Mark – Leeward– Windward-Leeward-Finish

Leeward – Finish Leeward – Finish

Course: W 2 Course: G (Gold Cup)

1 4 1 3

2

3 2 2

START START FINISH START FINISH

Start-Windward – Jibe Mark – Leeward– Windward-Finish Start - Windward – Leeward –Windward- Finish Leeward – Finish Windward – Finish

Note: All Windward Leeward courses have an offset (white sphere buoy) to the side of the weather mark, which is not shown in the illustrations above. Do not forget to round the offset mark!

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Addendum A – Example Windward Leeward Race Course with a Leeward Gate (illustration purposes only).

Wind Example Race Course Centennial Regatta

Finish only for W2 ½ or W 3 ½ courses

Don’t forget to round the small white offset mark!

Large yellow or orange cylinder buoys for marks of the course.

Start all courses, and finish for courses with downwind finish

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